Urgent:Garry OldMan Declared Missing:In 48hours.... Bad bosses exist, but Jackson Lamb stands out as disheveled, foul-smelling, depressing, and slightly corrupt. However, this figure consistently exudes a captivating, congealed brilliance for viewers of Slow Horses, the resurgent Apple TV+ series based on Mick Herron's spy literature. Like a doner kebab taken a day earlier. Paraphrase Gary Oldman's portrayal of Lamb, the underachieving spymaster who has been inexplicably assigned to lead a marginalized group of retired spooks, is gritty perfection for the tiny screen. Lamb bears the weight of the viewing audience's shortcomings as well as his own shortcomings in Oldman's skillful hands. He sulks, farts, drinks, and tampers with his personnel. Thanks to dialogue refined by showrunner Will Smith, late of Veep and The Thick of It, Lamb sees no dawn untarnished by gloom and no comedy without a grim truth at its heart. Paraphrase With recurrent roles as Gordon in Christopher Nolan's Batman movies and an almost unrecognizable appearance this summer as President Truman in the director's most recent film, Oppenheimer, Oldman has now established himself as a beloved Hollywood mainstay.